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      <title>DAILY: Verbal element of composite mark is not necessarily dominant component</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Rocket Dog Brands LLC v OHIM, the General Court has upheld a decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM finding that there was no likelihood of confusion between the word mark JULIUS K9 and earlier figurative marks comprising the component 'K9'. The judgment is a useful example of the analysis of the global assessment of similarity between word marks and device marks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Top 10 trademark stories for May</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Last month’s list of the most-read WTR blogs is dominated by dispatches from Dallas, from where we were reporting on the INTA Annual Meeting – six of the top 10 stories were sourced from the event in Texas. WTR prides itself on bringing readers the latest news, insights and analysis of developments in the trademark world, and topping this month’s list was a blog that truly answered the pressing questions of the day - such as ‘which Dallas reception offered the best nibbles?’, ‘what was the most overused Texas cliché?’ and ‘what was the most bizarre sight at a law firm...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Court upholds exclusive right to football league trademark</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Foreningen af Fodbold Divisionsklubber I Danmark (Divisionsforeningen) v Danske Spil A/S, the Maritime and Commercial Court has found that Danske Spil had infringed the trademark SUPERLIGA, which is owned by the Danish Association of Football League Clubs, by marketing an online football manager game under the designation 'Oddset Superliga Manager'.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Billabong brand and book values plummet; but trademarks team is adding value</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Billabong saw its share price plunge to a record low today after negotiations with two potential buyers failed. But while the company faces an uncertain future, its trademark team is taking the lead on creating corporate value.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Daily</category>
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        <category>Trademark portfolio management</category>
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      <title>DAILY: General Court: OHIM should not have 'bundled' goods when assessing proof of use</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Aleris Holding AB v OHIM, the General Court has annulled a decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM insofar as it had rejected an application for revocation of the mark ALARIS for goods that did not fall within the same sub-category as that for which proof of use had been shown. Among other things, the court held that what is fundamental when defining a sub-category within a main category is the purpose or intended use of the products/services, and not their nature.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Opponents should put best evidence forward before Opposition Board</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In International Clothiers Inc v Dorna Sports SL, the Federal Court has set aside a decision of the Opposition Board in which the latter had found that there was no likelihood of confusion between the figurative trademark MOTOGP and earlier MOTO marks in association with clothing. This case serves as a reminder that it is better to put one’s best evidence forward before the Opposition Board.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=d3abd141-a5a6-4729-9dee-537f358610ff</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Indian Premier League brand-value down but not out after spot-fixing scandal</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks, reports about the spot-fixing scandal during the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament have gone from bad to worse. Latest reports indicate that two prominent gangsters are now accused of masterminding the scam and are being sought by the Indian police. While the IPL takes a battering in the media, marketplace commentary indicates that the brand and its associated sponsors will emerge from the controversy relatively unscathed, offering a number of takeaways for brands involved in event sponsorships.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Daily</category>
      <category>Brand strategy</category>
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      <title>DAILY: ‘.lu’ registry announces amendment to terms and conditions</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Luxembourg registry, DNS-LU, has announced that it will amend the terms and conditions of registration and management of ‘.lu’ domain names on June 11 2013. This will result in two key changes: domain names that were previously temporarily blocked from registration will be made available, and a ‘dispute request’ system will be introduced.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Federal Court upholds constitutional validity of 'prohibited marks' provisions</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Council of Natural Medicine College of Canada v College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia, the Federal Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the controversial 'prohibited marks' provisions of the Trademarks Act. Among other things, it had been argued that the Trademarks Act could paralyse the ability of provincial bodies to effectively regulate professions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=86fe0fb3-86db-46ee-abe3-5cbb81f0a8f6</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Confusion of one or two individuals may be sufficient to establish confusion by average consumer</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Swartkops Sea Salt (Pty) Ltd v Cerebos Limited, Swartkops Sea Salt (Pty) Ltd has received a judgment interdicting Cerebos Limited from passing off its braai salt as that of Swartkops. Interestingly, the court held that the evidence of the two consumers who had experienced confusion with the competing product, on the basis of its get-up, was sufficient to establish confusion on the part of an average consumer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=c423944e-a614-453a-a42f-4bf1b022b608</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Following the trolls: could judges lead anti-trademark bullying efforts?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Following a White House communication outlining ways to tackle ‘patent trolls’, a call has been made for judges to shift the cost burden of litigation abuse from the defendant to the plaintiff. Could such an approach also be adopted in cases of trademark bullying?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=481aa1d9-decd-4f30-8ea5-cddc9f772e32</link>
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      <category>Daily</category>
      <category>Enforcement</category>
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      <title>DAILY: Assessment of likelihood of confusion not dependent on marketing intentions</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Masottina SpA v OHIM, the General Court has upheld a decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM finding that there was a likelihood of confusion between the marks CA’MARINA and MARINA ALTA for Class 33 goods. Among other things, the court held that, since particular marketing strategies can vary over time, the prospective assessment of the likelihood of confusion between two marks cannot be dependent on marketing intentions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=19f2c0ec-418c-4714-a7bc-bceabe55e2c6</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Dior victorious in opposition against Bulgarian resident</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bulgarian PTO has partially invalidated the trademark DILOR, which had been registered for goods in Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 21 in the name of a Bulgarian resident. The PTO concluded that use of the mark DILOR took unfair advantage of, and was detrimental to, the reputation and the distinctive character of the earlier mark DIOR.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=738b12b6-7e2d-4a3d-a4ae-a9db4fc317f2</link>
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      <title>DAILY: '.pw' - have you got anything without spam in it?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The newly re-launched ‘.pw’ extension has come in for some bad press recently, with one leading internet security firm reporting that, at the end of April, nearly 50% of all spam URLs had their origins in the TLD. Directi, which runs the ‘.pw’ registry, asserted that it had deactivated as many as 5,000 ‘.pw’ domains for breach of its anti-abuse policy, and claimed that a single registrar was responsible for many of the dubious registrations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: The scores on the TMCH doors: level of trademark owner engagement revealed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Deloitte has revealed the number of trademark owners and agents currently registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse. The news comes in the week that ICANN published the first responses to the recent GAC advice on the gTLD programme and L'Oréal became the latest company to withdraw a ‘.brand’ application.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=82caa608-b5d2-4a7c-b168-c988f255c533</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Advertisement for cooking oil held not to disparage competitor's product</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Marico Ltd v Adani Vilmar Ltd, the Delhi High Court has rejected Marico Ltd's application for an interim injunction restraining Adani Vilmar Ltd from advertising its Fortune cooking oil in television and print media. The court found that Marico had failed to make a prima facie case that Adani’s advertisement was disparaging of Marico’s Saffola product.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Spelling variant will not be perceived as unusual in internet context</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Unister GmbH v OHIM, the General Court has upheld a decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM refusing to register the mark FLUEGE.DE for services in Classes 35, 39 and 43 (the German word ‘Flüge’ means ‘flights’). Among other things, the court held that it is common practice to substitute the special character 'ü' with the group of letters 'ue' in domain names - even though it has been possible to register domain names with special characters since 2004.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Less design turns out not to be enough for Apple</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A recent case involving Apple’s LED Cinema Display has shown that registered design protection should be sought for the first model in any product range, since later design refreshes may be improvements without themselves qualifying for monopoly protection. Without a design registration for the first model, the whole range may be left with no protection at all.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=cc9d7dd0-d387-4b8b-adfc-151a1d951574</link>
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      <title>DAILY: India’s accession to the Madrid Protocol may result in serious confusion, warn trademark counsel</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Set to accede to the Madrid Protocol on July 8, trademark counsel point out that India’s ratification could result in marketplace chaos due to an overlooked provision in the legal framework. International brand-owners that plan to apply for trademark registration are counseled to specify a jurisdiction in their applications to avoid potential confusion.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=00ee487b-f361-4daa-a960-66a28077e9cf</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Mere allegations of bad faith insufficient under UDRP, even in obvious cybersquatting cases</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a recent decision under the UDRP, the panel has held that the mere registration of domain names consisting of obvious misspellings of a trademark, without supporting evidence of bad-faith registration and use, is insufficient to obtain the transfer of the domain names. The decision shows that it is insufficient to merely assert that the three elements of the UDRP have been met without providing supporting evidence, even in obvious cases of cybersquatting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=d8d34035-b184-4cb3-984a-f6ce4b5b5359</link>
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      <title>DAILY: A good showing for trademarks with this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tonight, at Boston’s Fairmont Hotel, this year’s inductees to the IP Hall of Fame will be honoured at an exclusive gala dinner - and the trademark community is well represented amongst the 2013 inductees.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=eacc2b97-74a6-40f4-91a7-ea73a81444a2</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Michelin tire dealer cannot use MICHELIN mark on signboard without authorisation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A Chinese court has held that a tire dealer cannot use the MICHELIN mark on its signboard without the trademark owner’s authorisation, even if it sells authentic Michelin tires. Among other things, the court held that the defendant’s prominent use of the mark without Michelin’s authorisation amounted to “causing other types of damage to a registered trademark right” under Article 52.5.1 of the Trademark Law and, therefore, constituted trademark infringement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Another win for Apple in WHYPOD dispute</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Patent and Registration Office has cancelled the trademark WHYPOD on the grounds that use of the mark would take unfair advantage of, or be detrimental to, the distinctive character or repute of Apple’s well-known IPOD mark. This decision confirms that it will be difficult for anyone to use a mark containing the element 'pod' for similar goods without Apple’s permission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=ef4a906c-2411-4508-852c-1b6ba910f270</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Supreme Court to define grounds for bringing false advertising claims</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US Supreme Court decided last week to take on a case that could have wide-ranging implications for brand owners in the country. Supreme Court justices have agreed to hear printer manufacturer Lexmark’s appeal against an earlier ruling that it had engaged in false advertising by claiming that a company which manufactures components for refurbished printer cartridges had infringed on its patents.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Red Bull wins trade dress lawsuit against Albanian competitor</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Within the context of a trade dress dispute, the First Instance Court of Tirana has recognised the well-known status of Red Bull GmbH's marks in Albania. Among other things, the court found that the blue/silver colour combination and the trapezoid-like graphic element constitute the most distinctive characteristics of Red Bull's marks, and that the marks have acquired distinctiveness through extensive use in the Albanian market.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=cd6a5cf3-8baa-4121-88e1-d433d4defcb3</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Increase in trademark fees announced</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Institute of Intellectual Property has announced that the fees for trademarks and patents are due to rise. Although the fees for trademark applications and registrations will remain the same, the fees for renewal will increase from Sfr550 to Sfr700. The increase is due to take effect as of January 1 2014.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Concrete form in which mark is used can be relevant in assessing bad faith</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Ace Hardware Corporation v J & N Pappou OE, the Cancellation Division of OHIM has declared that the CTM ACEDIY was invalid in its entirety on the ground that it had been filed in bad faith. Interestingly, the Cancellation Division noted that the concrete form in which the contested mark is used by its proprietor can be relevant in assessing bad faith, since this fact may disclose the proprietor’s intentions at the time of the filing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=7152bb1a-9606-4905-9ecf-b29496ed601e</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Lookalike debate continues as IPO report is assessed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The impact of lookalike products on brand owner innovation, revenues and product investment is one that has been debated at length in the trademark community (previous WTR coverage is available here). Detailed new research on the issue has been published, but the way forward remains unclear.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=d7e6f9b5-a51b-498b-b416-cb7b5e19bee9</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Recent decision shows that INN stem objections are still a case-by-case proposition</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Objections to registration of pharmaceutical trademarks based on the inclusion of an INN stem remain a concern for applicants following a recent hearings decision. While three earlier cases had found in favour of the applicants, suggesting a significant change in the assessment of pharmaceutical trademark applications, the latest decision in Ceva Sante Animale suggests that any change in practice may not be as great as some applicants had hoped.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Geographical indication unknown by Swiss consumers may be registered as trademark</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has confirmed that a geographical indication that is not known by the relevant Swiss public may benefit from trademark protection in Switzerland. The decision is significant because the Federal Institute for Intellectual Property usually refuses to register all trademarks that have a geographical meaning on absolute grounds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: OHIM announces class heading breakthrough</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Following the now almost infamous IP TRANSLATOR decision, OHIM has officially announced a breakthrough regarding the treatment of class headings. OHIM’s press release read as follows: “In under a year, an agreement was reached which will result in the creation and publication of a Common Communication on the websites of all participating offices envisaged by the end of this year.”]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=5a3d6a0b-a027-4226-aec3-01e2a793629e</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Patent Office and Board of Appeal take different approaches to assessing likelihood of confusion</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In O2 Holdings Limited UK v Stefansson, the Board of Appeal has overturned a decision of the Patent Office finding that the visual similarity between the mark OZ and O2 Holdings Limited UK’s O2 marks was reduced by the fact that the mark OZ included “two letters”, while the O2 marks included “one letter and one number”. Among other things, the board held that the parties’ marks were all two-character words and shared the same initial letter.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=e2650327-6856-4c1a-ae0b-e05a9f7fd171</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Predicting gTLD take-up: survey provides clues</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As gTLDs move ever closer to launch, the one unknowable for applicants and non-applicants alike is the likely uptake in terms of internet user behaviour. Will non-applicants rue their decision to not apply? Will consumers prove sceptical of the introduction of hundreds of new TLDs? Or will the reality be somewhere in the middle? New research has set out to provide some answers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=126289eb-d152-4ab0-a828-502fca4a622a</link>
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      <title>DAILY: adidas settles with copycat… while Michael Jordan files suit</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The five-year long dispute between adidas and Chinese sportswear company Adivon has come to an end by settlement. adidas had filed an action in August 2008 against Adivon and others at the People’s Court in Yingkou City, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition. Meanwhile, in April a Shanghai court heard a lawsuit filed by Michael Jordan against a Chinese sportswear company for infringing his rights in his name.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=d0531a30-1b84-4ec2-9fbd-3e4023fc391a</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Prior trademark rights not required under UDRP… but still quite useful</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Elektra Trading & Consulting Group SA de CV, the owner of seven ITALIKA trademarks in Mexico, has been denied the transfer of the domain name ‘italika.com’ under the UDRP. The decision demonstrates that, when a domain name consists of a term which was registered as a trademark after the domain name was registered, one must tread carefully when assessing the chances of success of a complaint under the UDRP.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=db851697-7815-460e-9bc2-2086f47640c2</link>
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      <title>DAILY: LEGO mini-figures stand up to scrutiny as court dismisses intrusive imitation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In LEGO Juris A/S v Plastic Factory COBI SA, the Maritime and Commercial Court has found that Plastic Factory COBI SA’s figurines were an intrusive imitation of the LEGO mini-figures and that a risk of confusion existed. Consequently, COBI's marketing and sale of its figurines was deemed to be a violation of LEGO's rights under the Copyright Act, the Act on Marketing, the Trademarks Act and the Community Trademark Regulation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: General Court confirms cancellation of registered 3D CTM</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Voss of Norway v OHIM, the General Court has upheld a decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM holding that a registered 3D mark - consisting of a cylindrical, transparent container, with a non-transparent cap having the same diameter as the cylinder - lacked distinctiveness. The court found that the mark was not capable of individualising the goods covered by the mark and distinguishing them from those having another commercial origin.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Second Circuit reinstates trademark infringement action against Oprah Winfrey</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Kelly-Brown v Winfrey, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has determined that a trademark infringement action against defendants Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Productions can proceed. The defendants had filed a motion to dismiss the claims on the grounds that their use of the mark OWN YOUR POWER was fair use. The district court granted the motion to dismiss, but the plaintiffs have now successfully appealed that decision to the Second Circuit.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=aa6c2c3c-11d1-438b-b69b-650035e57936</link>
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      <title>DAILY: General Court upholds refusal of CTM application for 'mountain range' bottle</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Adelholzener Alpenquellen GmbH v OHIM, the General Court has upheld a OHIM decision finding that a CTM application for a 3D bottle displaying jagged lines that constituted a mountain range lacked distinctive character, as it did not diverge significantly from other drinks bottle shapes. This case confirms that it is an uphill struggle to obtain a registration for a product container that does not have a unique or novel shape.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: 'City TLDs' are on their way</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The first ‘city TLDs’ - gTLD strings that represent city names - are likely to be made available at some point in late 2013 or early 2014. The advantages and the potential economic impact of city TLDs for the cities concerned cannot be ignored, and they should help businesses based in those cities to promote themselves and reach customers more easily.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Malaysian valuation marketplace still in its infancy; brand owners are advised to act now</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Malaysian government recently announced the formulation of a national valuation model, targeted at helping brand-owners and lenders understand the potential value of their IP assets. Trademark counsel note that the model may take some time to roll-out so brand owners with impending transactions should act now and have valuations carried out independently.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=cf05655a-e161-41dd-8f6a-835566f68fcd</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Consultation on groundless threats in patent, trademark and design litigation published</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Law Commission has published a consultation on "Patents, Trademarks and Design Rights: Groundless Threats". The commission is consulting on two approaches to reform: the first is to build on the reforms made to patent law in 2004 and to extend these to the other rights; the second, more radical, approach is to treat groundless threats as a form of unfair competition, and to introduce a new and broader cause of action based on the Paris Convention.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=75d237ec-f842-45c6-a9a3-63bc7ae09746</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Furnishing evidence of bad faith essential under UDRP</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Omnia Italian Design Inc, the owner of the US trademarks OMNIA and OMNIA ITALIAN LEATHER FURNITURE, has been denied the transfer of the domain name ‘omnialeatherfurniture.com’ under the UDRP for failing to provide evidence that the domain name had been registered in bad faith. The panel nevertheless acknowledged that Omnia may well have a trademark infringement claim in respect of the ongoing use of the domain name.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=7385b6f5-8cc0-4326-8791-c61e3ecd18c8</link>
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      <title>DAILY: General Court explores limits of registrability of promotional slogans</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Delphi Technologies Inc v OHIM, the General Court has upheld a decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM refusing to register the word mark INNOVATION FOR THE REAL WORLD on the ground that it was devoid of distinctive character. In doing so, the court reviewed the criteria laid down by the ECJ in Audi v OHIM (VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK) and OHIM v Erpo Möbelwerk (PRINZIP DER BEQUEMLICHKEIT).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Opinions split over New York bill to tackle counterfeit demand</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Proposals to make the knowing purchase of counterfeit goods a criminal offence have been the subject of debate by New York council's Public Safety Committee – with opinions split over the best way to tackle demand for fake goods.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Descriptive name no impediment to obtaining injunction</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In NZ Tax Refunds Limited v Brooks Homes Limited, the Court of Appeal has granted an injunction prohibiting the respondent from using the trade name Tax Refund NZ and the web address 'www.taxrefundnz.co.nz'. NZ Tax Refunds Limited was found to have established a goodwill and reputation in the name NZ Tax Refunds, which the Court of Appeal found “may amount to distinctiveness”.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>(WTR Daily)</author>
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      <title>DAILY: M&amp;S faces accusations of violating India's single-brand retail policy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Stalwart British brand Marks & Spencer has been accused by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion of violating India’s single-brand retail policy by selling sub-brands at its shops across the country. Although the government has yet to make an official decision on the issue, trademark counsel caution that retail brands interested in entering the market make full disclosures about any sub-brands in their applications to the Indian government in conjunction with a wait-and-see approach.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>(WTR Daily)</author>
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      <title>DAILY: GC confirms relevance of complementarity when assessing similarity of goods</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Buzil-Werk Wagner GmbH & Co KG v OHIM, the General Court has confirmed a decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM finding that there was a likelihood of confusion between the mark ROCA for cleaning products in Class 3 and earlier figurative ROCA marks for goods in Class 21. This case confirms the relevance of the different factors affecting the similarity between goods and services, especially the complementary nature of products.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=8cb422f8-4d31-43dd-8732-6c8ad663ca8b</link>
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      <author>(WTR Daily)</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=8cb422f8-4d31-43dd-8732-6c8ad663ca8b#comments</comments>
      <category>Daily</category>
      <category>Examination/opposition</category>
        <category>International procedures</category>
        
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      <title>DAILY: Tighter registration procedures introduced for ‘.sg’ domain names</title>
      <description><![CDATA[SGNIC has introduced a pilot scheme, VerifiedID@SG, to improve the data integrity of the WHOIS records for ‘.sg’ domain names and to combat cases of identity theft and fake identities being used when registering ‘.sg’ domain names. From the beginning of May 2013, all new domain name registrations under ‘.sg’ are required to undergo verification of the domain name registrant's details.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=464ef58b-2c7a-4c1a-a1aa-2fc1397a0c83</link>
      <guid>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=464ef58b-2c7a-4c1a-a1aa-2fc1397a0c83</guid>
      <author>(WTR Daily)</author>
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      <category>Daily</category>
      <category>Domain names</category>
        
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      <title>DAILY: TTAB: voluntary surrender of registration is irreversible</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The precedential decision of the TTAB in Christiane E LLC v International Expeditions Inc has shown that a party should think twice before filing a voluntary surrender of a US trademark registration or expressly abandoning an application, as the choice is irreversible.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=f42b0729-bbf3-4cea-9e20-2275210bbbde</link>
      <guid>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=f42b0729-bbf3-4cea-9e20-2275210bbbde</guid>
      <author>(WTR Daily)</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=f42b0729-bbf3-4cea-9e20-2275210bbbde#comments</comments>
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      <category>Registration</category>
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